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pop quiz
December 16, 2011

Pop Quiz: Can You Identify Crazy Conspiracy Theory Walls From Movies and TV?

By Willa Paskin, Laura Reineke

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Two weeks ago on Homeland, Claire Danes’s Carrie Mathison, in the throes of a manic episode, did what a lot of very focused, very obsessive, often crazy people have done before her: She went and stuck papers on the wall to make a complex, inventive, deranged conspiracy-theory mosaic. (Fine, in Carrie’s case, good friend Saul actually tacked everything to the wall, but she provided the raw materials.) Carrie is certainly not the first person to make a wall o’crazy, and so we thought her exceptionally well color-coordinated effort was the ideal occasion to revisit some crazy walls of the past and test your recall of them. Herewith, a quiz: Can you identify which film or TV show these collages come from? (Note that some are conspiracy-theory-driven, some are law-enforcement illustrations of mobs or crime rings, and some are just the work of very detail-oriented people.) Answers are at the end.

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a) Number 23 
b) CSI: Miami 
c) A Beautiful Mind 
d) Along Came a Spider a) Number 23 
b) CSI: Miami 
c) A Beautiful Mind 
d) Along Came a Spider

a) Number 23

b) CSI: Miami

c) A Beautiful Mind

d) Along Came a Spider

a) Pi  
b) A Serious Man  
c) Contact  
d) Inception a) Pi  
b) A Serious Man  
c) Contact  
d) Inception

a) Pi

b) A Serious Man

c) Contact

d) Inception

a) Deep Impact  
b) The Fountain  
c) Mars Attacks!  
d) Flash Forward a) Deep Impact  
b) The Fountain  
c) Mars Attacks!  
d) Flash Forward

a) Deep Impact

b) The Fountain

c) Mars Attacks!

d) Flash Forward

a) Roswell 
b) The X-Files 
c) Heroes 
d) Fringe a) Roswell 
b) The X-Files 
c) Heroes 
d) Fringe

a) Roswell

b) The X-Files

c) Heroes

d) Fringe

a) Homeland  
b) Green Hornet  
c) The Green Mile  
d) The Kingdom a) Homeland  
b) Green Hornet  
c) The Green Mile  
d) The Kingdom

a) Homeland

b) Green Hornet

c) The Green Mile

d) The Kingdom

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a) Bottle Rocket  
b) Undeclared  
c) The Other Guys  
d) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia a) Bottle Rocket  
b) Undeclared  
c) The Other Guys  
d) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

a) Bottle Rocket

b) Undeclared

c) The Other Guys

d) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

a) A Few Good Men  
b) JFK  
c) In the Line of Duty  
d) Vantage Point a) A Few Good Men  
b) JFK  
c) In the Line of Duty  
d) Vantage Point

a) A Few Good Men

b) JFK

c) In the Line of Duty

d) Vantage Point

a) NCIS  
b) Behind Enemy Lines  
c) Rubicon  
d) Person of Interest a) NCIS  
b) Behind Enemy Lines  
c) Rubicon  
d) Person of Interest

a) NCIS

b) Behind Enemy Lines

c) Rubicon

d) Person of Interest

a) Prison Break  
b) Stigmata  
c) Buffy the Vampire Slayer  
d) The Killing a) Prison Break  
b) Stigmata  
c) Buffy the Vampire Slayer  
d) The Killing

a) Prison Break

b) Stigmata

c) Buffy the Vampire Slayer

d) The Killing

a) High Fidelity 
 b) School of Rock  
c) The Commitments  
d) Ms. Congeniality a) High Fidelity 
 b) School of Rock  
c) The Commitments  
d) Ms. Congeniality

a) High Fidelity

b) School of Rock

c) The Commitments

d) Ms. Congeniality

a) Another Stakeout  
b) Commmunity  
c) The Wire  
d) Knowing a) Another Stakeout  
b) Commmunity  
c) The Wire  
d) Knowing

a) Another Stakeout

b) Commmunity

c) The Wire

d) Knowing

a) Smallville  
b) Unbreakable  
c) Good Luck Chuck 
 d) Heroes a) Smallville  
b) Unbreakable  
c) Good Luck Chuck 
 d) Heroes

a) Smallville

b) Unbreakable

c) Good Luck Chuck

d) Heroes

a) Taxi Driver 
b) Chapter 27  
c) Across the Universe  
d) Conspiracy Theory a) Taxi Driver 
b) Chapter 27  
c) Across the Universe  
d) Conspiracy Theory

a) Taxi Driver

b) Chapter 27

c) Across the Universe

d) Conspiracy Theory

1) c. A Beautiful Mind 
2) b. A Serious Man  
3) d. Flash Forward 
4) c. Heroes 
5) a. Homeland 
6) d. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 
7) b. JFK 
8) d. Person of Interest 
9) a. Prison Break 
10) b. School of Rock 
11) c. The Wire 
12) b. Unbreakable 
13) d. Conspiracy Theory 1) c. A Beautiful Mind 
2) b. A Serious Man  
3) d. Flash Forward 
4) c. Heroes 
5) a. Homeland 
6) d. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 
7) b. JFK 
8) d. Person of Interest 
9) a. Prison Break 
10) b. School of Rock 
11) c. The Wire 
12) b. Unbreakable 
13) d. Conspiracy Theory

1) c. A Beautiful Mind

2) b. A Serious Man

3) d. Flash Forward

4) c. Heroes

5) a. Homeland

6) d. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

7) b. J...

1) c. A Beautiful Mind

2) b. A Serious Man

3) d. Flash Forward

4) c. Heroes

5) a. Homeland

6) d. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

7) b. JFK

8) d. Person of Interest

9) a. Prison Break

10) b. School of Rock

11) c. The Wire

12) b. Unbreakable

13) d. Conspiracy Theory

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